The supply chain of strawberries in Egypt starts from the local farms to the exporting companies. Exporting companies either have the packing facilities or they rent close-by packing facilities. Middlemen are not common, agents or brokers also don’t play a big role in the industry.
Most big farms don’t have packing facilities, it is usually exporting companies that have packing facilities or they rent close-by packing facilities and they buy strawberries from local farms.
Also, there are only a few renowned packing facilities
-Companies tend to rent packinghouses, as there is not a steady demand for strawberries. The packinghouses were initially built to process multiple types of fruits, but this was not executed well as there are only strawberry farms nearby, so there is no need for the packinghouses to be owned by the companies
-Middlemen are not common, agents/brokers also don’t play a big role in the industry
-Seasonality: From November to March